Two new hydrostatic-drive diesel UTV models from Kubota offer updated styling and a more comfortable cab, along with a transmission improvement.

Kubota’s new UTVs offer hydrostatic transmission for ‘finesse’ work

RTV-X Cab and Crew models offer updated styling, design improvements

In early November Kubota introduced two new models to its RTV line of side-by-side UTVs: the RTV-X Cab and RTV-X Crew. They will replace the current X1140 and X1100C. With these new models the band is also taking a little different marketing tack by moving away from straight number designations for its models and giving […] Read more


Editors spent a week with Kubota’s RTV-XG850 Rancher Special Edition model to see how it would fit into a typical farm operation.

We review the Kubota RTV-XG850

Grainews’ practical test puts the new ‘full size’ UTV through its paces

In September, Glacier FarmMedia editors had a chance to spend a few days with one of Kubota’s newest side-by-sides, an RTV-XG850 Rancher Special Edition. Kubota calls this model line its “full size” UTVs. The XG850 model comes in five different variations. The Rancher Special Edition offers a sort of mid- to higher-range level of features, […] Read more

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VIDEO: Field testing the Kubota RTV-XG850 UTV

In the market for a new UTV to help out with chores on your farm? Greg Berg and Scott Garvey of Glacier FarmMedia spent a week with the Kubota-XG850 UTV, putting it to the kind of jobs farmers would use it for. What did they think of it? Here’s their review.


 John Deere’s new XUV845 and 875 Gator models offer multiple trim levels and a number of updated features.

John Deere releases two new Gators

The XUV 845 and 875 made their public debut at the U.S. Farm Progress Show

John Deere’s Gator line of UTVs is pretty popular with everyone from farmers to football stadium staff. To add to that popularity, this summer the green brand added two more “full-size” models to the Gator family: the 53-horsepower, 812-c.c. gasoline-powered XUV 845 and 23-h.p. XUV 875 with an 854-c.c. diesel engine. “We’ve just launched the […] Read more



the Polaris Ranger XD 1500 series side-by-sides 2024 model year

New Ranger Extreme Duty UTV model from Polaris

More power, payload and available premium features

This summer Polaris announced the introduction of a three-cylinder, 1,500 cc, Extreme Duty Ranger side-by-side that delivers what the brand claims is an industry-leading 110 horsepower, giving it 30 per cent more power, and at 105 foot-pounds, 50 per cent more torque than its nearest comparable competitor. “We spent over five years meeting with farmers, […] Read more

With the AutoTrac steering system, Gators can now follow the same precision guidance as tractors equipped with this technology.

Deere introduces AutoTrac-ready Gators

The green brand brings auto steer to its UTVs

It goes without saying that GPS auto-steer capability on ag equipment is a pretty ordinary feature these days, but John Deere is now bringing that technology to a machine you might not have expected to find it on, the Gator UTV. “John Deere is enabling the productivity gains farmers have seen while using AutoTrac technology on […] Read more